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Malta Adopts Marriage Equality Over Objections of Catholics and Evangelicals; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…eo-Nazi groups are among those who reportedly took part in the protests. A number of people were injured during the clashes. Activists also claimed they were attacked by religious groups on the street who accused them of pedophilia and used homophobic slurs against them. The Chilean LGBTI movement has held public demonstrations for nearly two decades, but Monday’s clashes are the first time the police have made arrests at them. Representatives of…

Week in Religion: Satan Sandwich, Captain Israel v. Foreskin Man, Christian Missile Launchers

By Michael J. Altman

…d her attacker. The LDS has built a replica of biblical Jerusalem in rural Utah as a set for a series of educational films about the life of Jesus. Utah State University is conducting a study on the experiences of gay Mormons. Also, the Mormon Defense League has been launched to combat anti-Mormonism in the media. In case you need them, here are some tips on Ramadan etiquette. The Crystal Cathedral is trying to raise money to cover its $50 million…

Mormon Church Buildings To Go Green

By Joanna Brooks

…t green building program at five new meetinghouses in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Church officials offered tours of a new environment-friendly chapel late last month in Farmington, Utah. With more than 17,000 buildings around the world—many of them identical down to their industrial carpeting and the art on their Salt Lake City-certified cinder block walls—the Mormon Church has a mighty architectural footprint. If the pilot proves successful, L…

‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Ep 1 Recap: A Trio of Bombs Launches SLC into a Panic

By Benjamin E. Park

…hich seemingly undercut traditional LDS narratives; Rod Decker, a longtime Utah journalist, dramatically details the cultural context. “Instead of God and angels, it’s salamanders and magic!” Tanner proclaimed; the letter was “a striking blow against the church,” professed Decker. Notably, Murder Among the Mormons doesn’t rely on scholars to paint the era’s picture, at least on screen. (They did consult a handful of historians in preparation.) Dir…

What 19th-Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage

By Eric C. Miller

…ight now the UCC church in North Carolina and the “Sister Wives” family in Utah are using a “religious liberty” argument to oppose bans on same-sex marriage and polygamy, respectively. In doing so, they turn a popular Christian Right claim back on its makers. In your view, has religion traditionally inspired marriage activism, or has it simply provided rhetorical tools to those with other agendas? Maybe a little of each? The short answer is a litt…

Mormon-Bashing Bryan Fischer says he’s “More Mormon” than Mitt Romney

By Joanna Brooks

…on-observant Mormons or non-Mormons. But for most Mormons who live outside Utah, refusal to associate with people who do not observe Mormon standards is understood as both impossible and undesirable. Loving and serving others and standing out in non-LDS contexts as an example of the faith are far more important. And LDS Church leaders have worked with gay rights leaders in Utah to support the passage of workplace and housing anti-discrimination me…

“Like sunshine in the darkest abyss I’ve ever experienced.”

By Joanna Brooks

…mily Acceptance Project and premiering at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah this week. The Family Acceptance Project (FAP) is led by Dr. Caitlin Ryan of San Francisco State University, whose work developing materials to improve health and reduce suicide and drug use among LGBT young people by supporting their families has been recognized as a “best practice” by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. FAP has developed materials in col…

What Most Critics Missed About Dustin Lance Black’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’

By Cristina Rosetti

…book post, a historical consultant for the show, Troy Williams of Equality Utah, spoke of his experience investigating the fundamentalist Apostolic United Brethren after his LDS mission. One woman on Twitter explained, “It’s been a weird ride realizing that the version of Mormonism taught in my home probably qualifies as fundamentalist.” She continued, “Honestly the biggest thing Banner evoked in me was the feeling that I wasn’t crazy and that my…

Dear Mitt, Young Mormon Families Need Medicaid Too

By Catherine Jeppsen

…percent of births to parents who listed ‘student’ as their occupation” in Utah in 2008 were funded by Medicaid. About 39 percent of those births occurred in Utah County, home to a population that’s about 80% Mormon and to LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University. As the wife of a BYU graduate student, I know that using Medicaid to finance childbirth is a common decision among our student peers. LDS student families also take advantage of low-inc…

TLC Premieres Polygamy Reality Show Sister Wives

By Joanna Brooks

…entalist Mormon communities—one Apostolic United Brethren family living in Utah Valley, and members of the Centennial Park group near Colorado City, Arizona. I guess you might say I’m used to the idea that polygamists are humans. An idea, apparently, that is supposed to be news to the show’s viewers and reviewers. Polygamists! “Bright and generous!” blares the LA Times. “Unexpectedly tight knit and loving!” brag the show’s producers. Wow! They sha…